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- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

San Benito County: Article

SB Heritage Hog application

April 10, 2024

Hello 4-Her's The San Benito Heritage Hog application is here. This is a great opportunity for youth to raise a hog in a leadership role. See attached applications. April England, President 790 Quail Hollow Dr.

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Healthy Youth, Families, and Communities: Article

Students and Families Cook Together: Virtual Family Cook Nights at Hapgood Elementary

April 10, 2024

By Mishelle Costa

The CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE (CFHL,UCCE) program works with low-income schools, communities, and youth serving organizations in northern Santa Barbara County to provide nutrition education, food security, physical activity, and positive youth development programming.

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UC Master Gardeners of Merced County: Article

2024- 04 April Master Gardeners Public Newsletter

April 10, 2024

It's April and there are many community events to check out this month! In this issue, look for details on: Three local Garden Tours: Madera Master Gardeners (this Sat, April 13), Merced (Wed, April 17), and Le Grand (Wed, April 24).

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DroneCamp is back!

April 10, 2024

By Andy Lyons, Sean D Hogan

DroneCamp June 24-28, 2024 CSU Monterey Bay (plus virtual open) DroneCamp is a premiere five-day training program that covers everything you need to know to use drones for mapping and data collection.

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The Coastal Gardener : Article

Holy Helleborus! Is that a Lenten Rose?

April 10, 2024

Heleborus hybridus is a group of evergreen, late-winter or early-spring flowering perennials in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Helleborus (hellebore) is a small genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials native to Europe and Asia.

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Santa Cruz County: Article

Horse & Livestock event

April 10, 2024

Hello 4-H families, We have three events coming up in April, May & June for the 4-H program.

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A monarch caterpillar crawling on a milkweed leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

Revisiting the Issue of Monarch Butterflies Missing from California Classrooms

April 10, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

A monarch butterfly caterpillar goes through five stages or instars before it J's and becomes a jade-green chrysalis. Scientists estimate that only 10 percent of the eggs and 'cats survive to adulthood. They don't "survive" at all in California classrooms.

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Spring Miku

April 10, 2024

Spring blossoms full of color Super blooms beginning their show Spring fever, allergies and plant rebirth...

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Honey bee scientist Zac Lamas, a National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) postdoctoral fellow with the USDA's Agricultural Research Services.

Bug Squad: Article

'Dr. Zac' to Present UC Davis Seminar on Honey Bee Research, Life Experiences

April 9, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

"A lot of students take a gap year between their undergrad and grad program," says honey bee scientist Zac Lamas, a National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) postdoctoral fellow with the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Services (USDA-ARS). "I took a gap decade.

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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 04-08-2024

April 9, 2024

Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How to Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 04-08-2024" ET Report 04-08-2024 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

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